Arizona Cardinals fire Kliff Kingsbury after 4 seasons
The king of mediocrity is out in Arizona.
Kliff Kingsbury was fired by the Cardinals on Monday after an abysmal season.
Kingsbury was coach of the Cardinals for 4 seasons and finished with a record of 28-37-1.
The Cardinals went 4-13 in 2022 after making the playoffs last season.
Lowest winning percentage by a Cardinals head coach (min 50 games)
Dave McGinnis .298
Joe Bugel .313
Vince Tobin .394
Gene Stallings .405
Kliff Kingsbury .432 pic.twitter.com/1Zw5jlqXeO— CBS Sports (@CBSSports) January 9, 2023
How about this for a weak coaching history?
The Cardinals still never have had a head coach — any head coach — last longer than six years while the team has existed for over 100 years.
Jumping from college to NFL HC since 2000:
Urban Meyer 2-11
Matt Rhule 11-27
–> Kliff Kingsbury 28-37-1
Bill O'Brien 52-48
Chip Kelly 26-21
Doug Marrone 15-17
Greg Schiano 11-21
Jim Harbaugh 44-19-1
Bobby Petrino 3-10
Nick Saban 15-17
Steve Spurrier 12-20
Butch Davis 24-35— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) January 9, 2023
Kingsbury coached at Texas Tech from 2013-2018. He had two winning seasons in that tenure. going 8-5 in his first season and 7-6 in 2015.
Overall, he was 35-40 as head coach of the Red Raiders.
